Presentation - A new version of the music editor of Sound Tracker Pro.

<b>Presentation</b> - A new version of the music editor of Sound Tracker Pro.

     (C) Red Alex


      Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself,

      before God. Blessed is he who does not condemn

                itself that chooses.


              The New Testament, Romans 14:22


     I feel sorry for all those who looked
here hoping to learn something new, because
I'll keep it about something light,
unjustly forgotten by us all for the sake of
degrading the progress that constantly urge on us, not giving 
the slightest chance to stop, even for a moment and think: well 
there we go from here? 


     If izyasnyatsya less florid -
you are given a case to remember the history, remember the days 
when demos not resemble each other like two

Belleville bowl, and each of them was seen with a bang, with 
rare exceptions. 


     I can further your passaged
senescent brains under a bushel years, but
Then there is the risk of contracting a dangerous
disease, which manifests itself only in exceptional cases, and 
even in the most carefree inhabitants of heaven. No, you is not 
in danger - I'm talking about the disease is a writer, which 
has recently acquired a hitherto unprecedented scale, - the 
disease coprolalia. 


     Finally, we turn to the topic -
new version STPro, which is much .. well
that is much less buggy than its
predecessors, and therefore recommended
Zamesto them.


     A detailed description of all the proposals submitted
improvements can be found in the annex and
Here I will mention that for any
reasons, there is not reflected. The reason is
different;)


     First, add to the description of
the editor. So ... Strongly
RECOMMEND slip editor broken and
aspiring discs to avoid confusion over the sudden death of the 
editor along with the unsaved (through) the muse.

The fact that the compilers are now working
in the display area - and in TR-DOS when there are problems 
with the disc appears all the familiar inscription ... on 
pre-grated screen. Consequences I razyasnyat will not - can 
guess, is not small. 


     Now on module initialization player: This process may take
relatively long time (more frames), so do not muse on init
interrupts, or count on the top
playing in the same quark, which
initializer was invoked.


     After initialization, in a cell with displacement rate is 
85 Mouzon. It should take after initializing, and

Only here, because in the module
velocity is hell knows
where;)))


     Player himself to write again, from scratch,
even before the compilers - partially so, and has changed the 
format of the module, but still because the old compilers 
shoved a bunch of completely unnecessary module data type 
nezayuzannyh patterns and ornaments. I not to mention the 
repetition of data within own patterns, which are now cleaned

in the process of compiling Mouzon.


     Player repeats the sound
Mouzon in the editor. Old player shamelessly lied when 
glissandos and other, until the end not clarified the 
circumstances. So especially do not be surprised that 90% of 
Mouzon after compilation will now be heard differently than 
before. Will sound correctly.



     In developing the player focused
primarily to preserve the old
size, and then to the acceleration. As a result, managed to 
reduce the max. time playing almost 500 bars, not blowing at 
the same player in the volume or per byte. Say, a change of 
position (aka pattern) now holds a maximum of 16 th teams 
(During the transition to LOOP-position). 


     Of course, you could bring Playtime up to 3000 cycles or 
less, but I do not look at inflated to 3-4 kilobytes player - 
and often for the sake of 300-400 cycles. If we are to 
accelerate player, then the 1Kb added code to be obtained

at least things tick savings.


     Dekompilera Mouzon not - well fuck
I need it? Poking around in someone else's muse? If
who strongly itch, write dekompiler - all pupils will get you 
inordinately grateful for the opportunity presented to digging 
;) 


     In the disk module compilers, and only his, as compilers - 
separate block, made extra checks on

befouled disk files / free space for writing. In the old 
compilers in a similar situation (lack of disk space or 
directory) all the Vistula tight.



     In my opinion, enough about the editor.
Speak on other topics related to music.


     I hate when the muse of all consecutive blunt envelope in 
PT 3.X, even without checking: as identical to a "new" sound of 
the original? This is especially true ST'shnyh and STPro'shnyh 
Mouzon, who is there to play a very important parameter - 
HEIGHT, in which PT is not in sight. Just look at the Mouzon 
IMP'a with FunTop'98 - nay, that the tone

suffers, so still and all positions poperemeshany.


     And it happens because of the buggy conversion STPro'shnyh 
Mouzon. Tell directly


     - Convert STPro> PT is not possible in
principle! Even without taking into account the parameter
HEIGHT.


     Moreover, Mouzon swollen eyes.
She has been a muse to STPro PT 2.1 or about
three kilobytes - in PT 3.X it also weighs nearly four. 
Although the changes - either per gram. 


     And in general, 50% Mouzon (if not the musicians) do not 
even use the additional possible third prohryakera. The same 
Mouzon of success could be written in PT 2.1, but

sometimes in the ST. Stupid people ... (C) Real Sounds
(?)


     However, there are also smart chela.
I can highlight the following: Fatal Snipe -
wrote in PT 2.1, but the muse of his superior
the quality of most of the "music" third
protrekerschikov generation. I should also note
Chela drv53b6, which for 4k-intro chose
Sound Tracker as the most compact-sized player.


     Moving away from the problem of writing muse
and the choice of an editor will address the quality of today's 
music in general. Bleak picture ... If MMCM will not return 
anytime soon to write masterpieces, I finally falling into 
depression. In the meantime, I please old tracks, - KSA, IMP, 
MIC, MAST ...



     And if only I did not have a complete musical bad taste - 
before the muse was a better, cleaner, or something ... 
heartier. Nostalgia on the old tunes covers me

more often, and only full-power sound "AL-YA
TRANCE "makes me come back to this
peace ...

P.S. Si quelqu'un entend tres bien

     on dit qu'il a une bonne oreille.

L'adieu aux armes! Au revoir! Red Alex.